mongoimport(1) - Linux man page

Name

mongoimport - the Mongo import tool

mongoimport [OPTIONS]

mongoimport is a tool to import a MongoDB collection from JSON, CSV, or TSV. The query can be filtered or a list of fields to input can be given.

--help
show usage information
--version: show version information
-v, --verbose: be more verbose (include multiple times for more verbosity e.g. -vvvvv)
-h, --host HOST: server to connect to (default HOST=localhost)
-port arg: server port. Can also use --host hostname:port
--ipv6
enable IPv6 support (disabled by default)
-u|--username USERNAME: specify user to log in as
-p|--password PASSWORD: specify password of user
--dbpath PATH: directly access mongod data files in this path, instead of connecting to a mongod instance
--directoryperdb: if dbpath specified, each db is in a separate directory
-d, --db DATABASE: database to use
-c, --c COLLECTION: collection to use
-f, --fields FIELDS: comma-separated list of field names
--fieldFile FILE: file with fields names - 1 per line
--ignoreBlanks: if given, empty fields in csv and tsv will be ignored
--type TYPE: type of file to import. default: json (json,csv,tsv)
--file FILE: file to import from; if not specified stdin is used
--drop
drop collection first
--headerline: CSV,TSV only - use first line as headers
--upsert: insert or update objects that already exist
--upsertFields ARG: comma-separated fields for the query part of the upsert. You should make sure this is indexed
--stopOnError: stop importing at first error rather than continuing
--jsonArray: load a json array, not one item per line. Currently limited to 16MB.

Kristina Chodorow